Melbourne Coin Company celebrates 60 years of the iconic Buffalo Wing with a half-ounce silver shaped coin There are many stories about the creation of the iconic buffalo wing, none more endearing than the tale that they were created by Teresa Bellissimo in 1964. She owned the Anchor Bay, in Buffalo, New York with her [...]
Mint of Gdańsk adds to its 'Chinese Heroes', 'Mankind's Mistakes', and 'Human Tragedies' ranges with new two-ounce silver coins It's been a great week for new issues, and we hope you've enjoyed the coverage so far. We've concentrated on one producer per day, which we will likely continue through at least some of next week, [...]
Mint of MK continues its extravagant interpretation of the zodiac symbols with the addition of Taurus, Cancer, and Gemini For our second daily look at new issues, we've alighted on Mint of MK, who have released quite a number of coins over the last few weeks, many we've yet to cover. Our pick this time [...]
T&S Coin follows Sparta with another great legend of the Ancient Greek world - the Trojan War It was only last December that we covered the Sparta release from T&S Coin and came away impressed by it. Today, we're looking at the newly released second issue themed around Ancient Greek history and mythology, Troy, more specifically, [...]
Excalibur, the sword of Arthurian legend, launches a new silver coin series from the Carpathian Mint One of the world's most popular stories from history is the Arthurian legend. Telling the story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table in Camelot, it's now firmly rooted in the cultural memory of British people, [...]
Pop-culture coins remain as popular as ever in numismatic circles. Here's a look at a small mix of recent issues from different mints. It's been a while since we did one of our pop-culture coin round-ups, mainly because we try to give things a break now and then for the sake of variety, and also because [...]
The brilliantly anarchic animated series Rick & Morty gets an equally brilliant coin from the Mint of Gdańsk Animation is a true art form, and comes in many forms. The most popular of those are the many modern incarnations in popular culture from around the world. Japanese Anime is a prime example, and so are the [...]
Released today is the latest in Precious Metal Collector's range of hybrid silver/copper coins, and in a step away from fine art or Asian mythology, they're taking steps into the final frontier with our solar system. As one of PMC's bi-metal coins, it's a size far greater than the two ounces of silver would suggest, aided by [...]
A giant of the literary and film worlds, irrespective of genre, J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ sequence has topped bestseller lists around the world for decades, They made the move to the big screen in 2003, with an epic trilogy helmed by Peter Jackson, which amassed 17 Oscars (including a staggeringly 11 out of 11 [...]
The 60-coin, 10-year Biblical Series program of two-ounce silver coins, continues its inevitable march to completion with the debut of the 52nd, 53rd, and 54th issues. Scottsdale Mint has brought the series up-to-date much quicker than we thought they would, and this finalisation of the 2023 releases, means there's a great chance the last six coins will debut [...]
